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NL Experiencing Worst of Decline in Local News Outlets: Report Says
The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives has released a new report detailing the decline in local news media over the last 16 years, indicating Newfoundland and Labrador has seen the worst of it. T...
Mar 21, 2025
Cocaine Trafficking Charge Laid Against St. John's Man
The RNC has arrested a St. John's man for cocaine trafficking as part of an ongoing drug trafficking investigation focused on the capital city's downtown. The Constabulary says 30-year-old Daniel Gord...
Mar 21, 2025
Union Coalition Calls on Province to Step In as MUN Faces $9-Million Deficit
A coalition of unions representing workers at Memorial University is calling on the provincial government for an increase in funding as MUN stares down a nearly $9-million budgetary deficit. The provi...
Mar 21, 2025
Proactive Harvesters Protest Potential Cut to 3K Snow Crab Quota
Some 200 harvesters rallied outside the DFO office in Grand Falls-Windsor today to protest proposed cuts to the snow crab quota in area 3K. The stock is not doing well in the zone, according to the la...
Mar 21, 2025 (Courtesy FFAW)
Mounties Believe Wanted Pair On The Run in St. John's Metro Area
RCMP in Clarenville have issued an arrest warrant for a 37-year-old man from Conception Bay South who's believed to be with a wanted woman. Police say Richard Dupe is wanted for failing to appear in c...
Mar 21, 2025 (Courtesy RCMP)
Norovirus Cases Prompt Advisories, Reminders From Health Officials
Norovirus, or the stomach flu, is making the rounds, leading to warnings from public health officials to stay home if you feel unwell. The virus results in vomiting, diarrhea and stomach pain, and can...
Mar 21, 2025 Dr. Itai Malkin (Courtesy X)
Man, 71, Found Dead at Scene of ATV Crash in Conception Harbour
A 71-year-old man is dead following an ATV crash in Conception Harbour yesterday. Holyrood RCMP were called around 8:30 Thursday morning after someone spotted the ATV, which had been towing a trailer,...
Mar 21, 2025 Holyrood RCMP detachment (Courtesy Google)
Police Arrest One of Two Men Wanted Following Mount Pearl Robbery
Police have arrested one of two suspects in connection with a robbery in Mount Pearl this week. Twenty-eight-year-old Peter Campbell and 44-year-old Shane Ryan, both of St. John's, are accused of robb...
Mar 21, 2025 Peter Campbell (left) and Shane Ryan. (Courtesy RNC)
Police Resolve Weapons Incident; New Pennywell Road Reopens to Traffic
New Pennywell Road in St. John's has reopened to traffic following a weapons-related incident this morning. People who live in the area say about a dozen police cars descended on a house around 8:30 a...
Mar 21, 2025 (VOCM News)
NL Hydro to Detail Build Applications for Two Major Projects
NL Hydro will provide more information today on its application to replace Bay D'Espoir Unit 8 and the Avalon Combustion Turbine projects. The utility's build application for the projects will be file...
Mar 21, 2025
